Sue Perkins: Lost in Alaska (2024) User Reviews

Really Enjoyable

[destiny_west · 7/10 · 16 March 2024]

I have to disagree with one of the other reviews saying it reduces Alaska to a supporting cast. Firstly, this series is titled Sue Perkins: Lost in Alaska. The series is about Sue and her adventures in Alaska, it is not just a travel documentary.

Sue Perkins is witty, clever and funny in this series and does take a genuine interest in the people that she meets along the way, she also is mesmerized by her locations. Ultimately, I love the look of Alaska and have always wanted to go there, but I watched this series to see Sue's perspective on this place and watch her adventures and that is exactly what it delivered.

Reduces Alaska to supporting cast

[stusby · 3/10 · 2 March 2024]

Sue Perkins is an intelligent, insightful, witty presenter with a deservedly long media career.

This series however places her front and centre at almost every moment sidelining the State and its people. By episode 3 Alaska is almost a backdrop; "Look at this! Roaring rapids.." the camera instead stays on Sue. And "This is true silence..." on arriving in McCarthy only to cut to the next scene. Even during a guided walk the silence is mentioned again, and again interrupted with chatter and background music.

This travelogue needs re-editing to bring the locals and land much more front and centre with Sue's contributions supporting rather than detracting from the subject.

There are some nice observations, such as the toilet breaks montage, that deliberately puncture the travelogue illusions such as "roughing it" and revealing her own culture differences.

I'd appreciate more travelogues from Sue Perkins with more disciplined editing; less of Sue on camera, more of the locals and landscape, less of her detracting humour, more of her insight and interviews.